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A town of 9,092 in Hérault, Occitanie.
Grabels grades B− overall: better than 49% of compared French towns, and #26 of 84 in Hérault. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results 8.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2.5 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Grabels does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Grabels with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Grabels as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château d'O, in Montpellier, 1.7 mi away.
3.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Grabels. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau d'Ô2.7 km southeast, in MontpellierChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Piscine4.7 km southeast, in MontpellierHistoric houseHistoric houseChâteau d'Alco3.5 km southeast, in MontpellierChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Mosson4 km south, in MontpellierChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montferrier-sur-Lez4.3 km northeast, in Montferrier-sur-LezPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grabels.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses sell for €3,839/m² in Grabels, apartments for €3,082/m². The median price, €3,262/m², comes from 361 sales of houses and apartments here from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 32% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,839/m² | 117 |
| Apartments | €3,082/m² | 244 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 134 candidates at 2 lycées. Near Grabels, 85.7% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than both Hérault’s towns (88.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). School results put the town #9 of 80 in Hérault.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège les GarriguesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 80%+12 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Turgot PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 29 | 93% |
| Section d'enseignement général et technologique du Lycée agricole Frédéric Bazille - AgropolisBest against expectations: 36 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 153 | 99%+36 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 4,100 residents in work, Grabels has 2,700 jobs: 0.7 each. Half of residents lived on more than €26,690 a year per consumption unit, above Hérault’s towns (€25,355) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 7.3% of Grabels’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. The 15-to-24 age group: 12%, above Hérault’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The median resident of Grabels is 38.9 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Grabels | Hérault median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 16% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Hérault median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Hérault can expect 86.3 years and a boy 80.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 594 deaths in Grabels between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 606: 2% below. Its two care homes for older people (63 places) count their residents as Grabels’; allowing for them, deaths were 11% below expected. The town has 8 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
The police record for Grabels lists 195 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.9 (2023–2025 average). Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Grabels (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Grabels is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Grabels yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grabels | 9,092 | — | B− | D | B− | B− |
| Juvignac | 14,055 | 2.2 | C | D | C | A |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez | 4,135 | 2.4 | A | D− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière | 5,218 | 2.7 | A | D | B+ | A+ |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc | 10,472 | 2.9 | A | D | A+ | A |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques | 5,676 | 3.1 | C | D | B− | C |
| Montpellier | 310,240 | 3.6 | C− | D | D | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B− for safety, #39 of 84 in Hérault. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 30 burglaries and 60 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #9 of 80 in Hérault. 93% of 29 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé polyvalent Turgot in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €3,262/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Grabels grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Hérault, Occitanie
Grabels is a commune of 9,092 people in the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.